Of collusion, so why is the Mueller Probe still going on . The Trump Administration announcing harsh new shipping sanctions against north korea. The president calling the sanctions quote the heaviest ever and warning about phase two if those measures dont don. All that and more coming up. The president s triumphant return to cpac. For more than an hour the president did what he does best, speaking directly to supporters in a campaignstyle speech that touched on everything from the Second Amendment to north korea. John roberts has our report. John there was a lot in the president s cpac speech. But his support for raising the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21. The National Rifle association, a big sponsor of cpac is firmly opposed to the idea. At the conservative Political Action conference President Trump doubled down on his calls for staff to be trained and armed to respond to a school shooting. President trump well trained adept teachers and coaches who were in the marines, th
Control global warming. And puerto rico defaults in paying debt. Hello, our top story u. S. And russia have offered their support to gulf states as the region is in crisis. Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the capital of qatar, doha. John kerry reassured the region that recent nuclear deal with iran would create stability. Hashem ahelbarra reports from doha. A delicate mission for u. S. Secretary of state. John kerry is trying to convince long standing allies that Irans Nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. Translator the five other European Countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field. The countries of the council welcomed it on this basis and on what john kerry demonstrated about irans development stop tm obtaining nuclear weapons. We hope for more than this not only for iran but to move them from the middle east. Reporter in a bid to allay their fears the u. S. Has offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the regions defense capabiliti
Proofs. Of them my names peter tell me youre watching aljazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up catalonia remains defiant insisting sundays independence referendum will go ahead despite spain declaring the vote illegal. A verdict is expected shortly in lebanon in the trial of a sunni cleric cling to a shoot out in which sixty people died plus. Iraq but pride in tokyo at the opening of a museum to one of japans most important Living Artists eighty eight years old and still as prolific as ever. We begin with the latest on the fallout from mondays secession referendum in the code. This region of Northern Iraq initial results say ninety two percent of the people there voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders is increasing iraq is demanding the vote be an old the countrys parliament has called on the Prime Minister to deploy troops to the disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by Kurdish Military units but officially gov
You on all you need to know in world news, business and sport. And with the launch of apples new iphone this week, were asking do you trust the latest tech like facial recognition for your smartphone security . Or could this unlock more opportunities for fraud and misuse . Be a part of the conversation just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start the programme with spain. Prosecutors are preparing to file criminal charges against catalonias deposed president , Carles Puigdemont, possibly as soon as today. Following his refusal to recognise madrids order removing him from power, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of barcelona on sunday to condemn catalonias unilateral declaration of independence. It was one of the biggest shows of force to date by supporters of a united spain. Joining me now is gavin lee in barcelona. Gaven, it is a critical day today. What will happen . Yes, it is. It is not a normal day at the office for ca rles not a normal day at the office for Car
Here in singapore, and this city has been under siege in philippines. On monday the government said it had a decisive progress to retake the city, but at least 100 civilians have been killed in 2000 people may still be trapped in a militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We are seeing and much more optimistic note coming from the Philippines Bollettieri Spokesperson now, they seem to be making more progress in regaining the city, but in the first place we do not know how long it will take to push out those last pockets of resistance while the group. They have shown themselves to be tenacious, very well armed and very tough to get out of the city. They cannot put a timeline on it. The military has regained control of most of the city, controlling people going in and out, there will be interesting to see, once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group who got involved in this attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape than once th